Necktie.



No. 733,871. PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

0. W. PETERSON.

NEGKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. as, 1903.

'NO MODEL.

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OTTO YVILHELM PETERSON,

Patented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFI E.

OF BERTRAND, NEBRASKA.

NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 733,871, dated July 14, 1903.

Application filed March 28, 1903. Serial No. 160,048. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bertrand, in the county of Phelps and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful im: provements in neckties; and its object is to provide a bow-tie which can be readily taken apart for cleaning. 4

A further object is to provide fastening means of novel construction for holding the parts of the tie in proper relation to each other and for fastening the same to a collarbutton.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in forming a bow-tie of a single piece of material adapted to be folded to assume the appearance of loops and having a tongue integral therewith, which is adapted to be wrapped about the loops to assume the appearance of a knot. A bowshaped fastener is arranged within the folds of the tie and has hooks integral therewith adapted to engage the free end of the tongue and hold it in its proper position, and a button-engaging device is also 'formed integral with the fastener.

The invention also consists inthe further novel construction and combination'of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of myinvention, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie eonstructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a piece of material of the shape employed in the formation of the tie. Fig. 3 is a view of said material after the same has been folded upon itself and the fastener inserted thereinto, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the strip of material looped and ready to be fastened together to assume the shape illustrated in Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a strip of material having tongues 2 extending from opposite sides thereof and in alinement with each other. This strip 1 is folded upon itself and the tongues and edges of the strip sewed together at intervals, as shown in dotted lines at Fig.

strip.

The arms of the fastener above described are inserted in one end of the strip (illustrated in Fig.3) and with the loop 7 at the center of the inner end of the tongue of the strip. Said strip is then looped, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and tongue 2 placed over the center of the front face of the folds and thence downward under' and into engagement with the hooks 6, as shown in Fig. 1. The article thus formed has every appearance. of a bowtie, and the arms 4 of the fastener serve .to hold the loops in extended position. When it is desired to. clean the tie, it is merely necessary to disengage the tongue 2 from hooks 6. The fastener can then be withdrawn from the (Illustratedin Fig. 3.) I

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore re-, serve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A tie comprisinga flexible strip adapted to be looped upon itself and having a tongue adjacent to one end thereof, and adetachable fastener engaging said strip adjacent to the tongue and adapted to engage the free end of the tongue after the same has been wrapped about the looped strip.

2. A tie comprising aflexible strip adapted to be looped, a tongue adjacent to oneend of said strip and adapted to be wrapped about the looped strip, 'a fastener engaging the strip, and hooks upon the fastener adapted to engage the tongue.

3. In a necktie, the combination with a looped strip, and a tongue near one end thereof and Wrapped about said strip; of afastener detachably connected to the looped strip, hooks integral with the fastener and engaging the tongue, and a button-engaging device upon the fastener.

4. In a tie, the combination with a looped strip, and a tongue upon said strip and adapted to be wrapped about the looped strip; of a fastener comprising oppositely extending curved arms projecting into the looped strip, hooks integral with the arms and adapted to engage the tongue, and a collar-engaging loop intermediate the hooks and integral with the fastener.

5. A tie formed in a single piece of material folded upon itself and comprising a strip adapted to be looped upon itself, a tongue integral with said strip and adapted to be folded about the loops, and detachable means for detachably securing the tongue in position about the loops.

6. In a tie, the combination wi ii a looped strip, and a tongue integral therewith and adapted to be wrapped about said strip; of a fastener formed in a single piece of material and comprising oppositely-extending curved arms, hooks integral With the arms and adapted to engage the tongue, a loop intermediate the hooks and integral with the fastener, said loop being adapted to receive a shank of a button.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO WILHELM PETERSON.

Witnesses:

W. M. RANK, 0. L. GRAULUND, 

